One of Nottinghamshire’s most famous sons is currently ‘on the run’ from hunters – but it’s all in the name of charity.

Strictly Come Dancing winner Jay McGuiness is taking part in a popular TV show, called Hunted, in which people try to disappear for two weeks, while being pursued by a specialist team trained in modern surveillance methods.

The 26-year-old has been evading the ‘hunters’ for nine days now, and is on the cusp of reaching the 14 days after which he will have successfully evaded the chasers.

The Newark-born star is on the run with former bandmate from The Wanted, Siva Kaneswaran, and it’s all part of a special TV one-off for Channel Four’s Stand Up to Cancer series in the autumn.

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The head investigator, known simply as ‘the Chief’, told the Post he had received intelligence that the pair were in the Nottinghamshire area, but could not be any more specific so as to protect his sources.

Now, he’s asking for the public’s help in tracking the pair down, and has asked that anyone who has seen them should call the control centre.

He said: “He hails from the Newark area, and we often find when we’re hunting down fugitives that they gravitate towards the places that they know.

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“We’ve received some intelligence that they might be heading back towards their homeland.

“In this version of the programme, we’ve got high-profile celebrities, but we have found that even though they are known to many people you might think that would mean they were not very well-equipped to stay hidden, but they have proved to be very worthwhile adversaries.”

Should one of the sightings lead to the ‘capture’ of the pair, there will be a £250 reward.